It is hard to guess what a Diadem leaf-nosed bat weights. But we have the answer:
An adult Diadem leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros diadema) on average weights 46 grams (0.1 lbs).
The Diadem leaf-nosed bat is from the family Rhinolophidae (genus: Hipposideros). When reaching adult age, they grow up to 7.5 cm (0′ 3″). Usually, Diadem leaf-nosed bats have 1 babies per litter.
As a reference: An average human weights in at 62 kg (137 lbs) and reaches an average size of 1.65m (5′ 5″). Humans spend 280 days (40 weeks) in the womb of their mother and reach around 75 years of age.
The diadem leaf-nosed bat or diadem roundleaf bat (Hipposideros diadema) is one of the most widespread species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is probably most closely related to Hipposideros demissus from Makira and to Hipposideros inornatus from the Northern Territory in Australia. Hipposideros diadema is found in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Animals of the same family as a Diadem leaf-nosed bat
We found other animals of the Rhinolophidae family:
- Trident bat with a weight of 12 grams
- Malayan tailless leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Arcuate horseshoe bat with a weight of 8 grams
- Mehely’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Lesser great leaf-nosed bat with a weight of 33 grams
- Broad-eared horseshoe bat with a weight of 14 grams
- Croslet horseshoe bat with a weight of 7 grams
- Borneo roundleaf bat with a weight of 2 grams
- Yellow-faced horseshoe bat with a weight of 6 grams
- Maclaud’s horseshoe bat with a weight of 4 grams
Animals with the same weight as a Diadem leaf-nosed bat
As a comparison, here are some other animals that weight as much as the Hipposideros diadema:
- Mountain mosaic-tailed rat bringing 47 grams to the scale
- Medje free-tailed bat bringing 42 grams to the scale
- Taiwan vole bringing 46 grams to the scale
- Little collared fruit bat bringing 44 grams to the scale
- Dobson’s shrew tenrec bringing 37 grams to the scale
- White-throated grass mouse bringing 42 grams to the scale
- MacConnell’s climbing mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Brucepattersonius iheringi bringing 43 grams to the scale
- Verreaux’s mouse bringing 41 grams to the scale
- Lesser musky fruit bat bringing 47 grams to the scale
Animals with the same litter size as a Diadem leaf-nosed bat
Here is a list of animals that have the same number of babies per litter (1) as a Diadem leaf-nosed bat: